The Doctor @ drwho @beehaw.org

Living 20 minutes into the future. Eccentric weirdo. Virtual Adept. Time tr

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That's djb?

Whoa. I never knew what he looked like.

I find it difficult to disagree with you.

Which is what the twenty-first century might be selecting for. They're the only ones that seem like they're doing okay right now.

"Our smart securicams don't trust you" is the new "You're not a good culture fit."

Tiktok influencers are being honest about it. Companies know to keep a fig leaf over it.

There's plenty in Big Tech to be cynical about, whether you work for them or not. Ars can get away with it.

It's turned off by default in a lot of distros these days but it can be turned back on. It used to be that editing /etc/X11/xorg.conf was recommended but because file inclusions are a thing these days, it makes more sense to create a new file /etc/X11/xorg.conf.d/enable-killing-xserver.conf:

    
Section "ServerFlags"
        Option "DontZap" "false"
EndSection

Section "InputClass"
        Identifier                       "Keyboard Defaults"
        MatchIsKeyboard        "yes"
        Option                           "XkbOptions" "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp"
EndSection

  

Then restart the X server (which, these days, is pretty much a reboot). Or, going through the x.org documentation archives, it looks like you could dispense with the config files and run setxkbmap -option "terminate:ctrl_alt_bksp" in a terminal session and that'll do the same thing.

For now.

What Wayland improvements did you have in mind? Is it one of these?

https://github.com/search?q=repo%3Alinuxmint%2Fcinnamon+wayland&type=commits

I am skeptical of how long that's going to last. There's too much money at stake.

htop is my go-to these days. It tells me what I need to know, and it's just nice to look at.

A lot of people don't like to think about just how much malice is involved in everyday life.

For a lot of corporations, malice and greed are pretty much the same thing. When a business decision is justified by "Who cares? Do it anyway." the distinction is a matter of words, not actions.

Or there were very different ways of interpreting and managing them.

I guess they're going to be replacing their lobbyists because the last batch didn't do their job well enough.

We'll see what happens.

I wonder if "shelf trademarks" for emergency rebranding are a thing.

Or actually will anonymize it henceforth.

Surprise.

Damn, that's impressive.